Are you are university graduate and still searching for the first-hand experience to start your professional career? Are you searching for paid internship in EU Agency ? if so, then this is an opportunity for you to apply for 5 months paid traineeship at The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels, Belgium.
About EESC
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is a consultative body of the European Union (EU) established in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome. Its primary role is to represent the economic and social partners within the EU's decision-making process. These partners include a wide range of civil society organisations, such as employers' associations, trade unions, professional groups, small businesses, farmers, consumers, environmentalists, and other interest groups.
About EESC Traineeships
The EESC arranges in-service training twice each year, with options for long-term sessions of five months and short-term sessions lasting one to three months. These training programs are designed with the following main goals:
-learn about the EESC's role and activities at inter-institutional level, as well as its relations with the EU Member States and non-Member States;
- acquire practical knowledge about how the EESC's various services operate;
- supplement and apply knowledge and skills acquired during their studies and/or work;
- gain experience in a multicultural, multilingual and multi-ethnic professional
environment, helping people develop understanding, confidence and mutual tolerance; and take part in a network of former trainees.
Eligibility | Who can apply?
- Trainees are primarily selected from EU Member State nationals, but a limited number of non-EU nationals may also be accepted if Belgium's legal framework aligns with the EESC's rules and the applicant meets all legal requirements for work and/or residence permits in Belgium.
- Applicants must have a thorough command of one EU language and a satisfactory command of another EU language, one of which must be English or French for operational reasons.
- Applicants who receive an offer letter confirming their traineeship must provide evidence of their medical fitness to participate in the traineeship, along with a police record extract to demonstrate the good character required for performing their assigned tasks.
- Long-term traineeships are primarily intended for recent university graduates.
- short-term traineeships are primarily intended for university students.
Expenses and Benefits
- Long-term trainees are entitled to receive a grant of 1.418,20 EUR per monthThe amount will remain unchanged until the end of the 2024 Autumn session (15/02/2025).
- Short-term trainees are entitled to receive a grant of receive a monthly grant that corresponds to 50% of the monthly amount granted to long-term trainees.
- Long-term and short-term trainees shall be entitled to a mobility allowance as a contribution to the cost of local transport in Brussels.
- Long-term and short-term trainees shall be entitled to a travel allowance based on the distance between their place of residence and Brussels, under certain conditions.
- Traineeship grants and other allowances are not subject to the special tax regulations applying to officials and servants of the European Union.
- All trainees are covered by the accident insurance proposed by the EES.
Application periods
for long-term trainees
- 1st July - 30th September (Spring traineeship Feb-July)
- 3rd January - 31st March (Autumn traineeship Sep-Feb)
for short-term trainees
How to apply
Step 1: Make sure you carefully read the provisions regarding traineeships at the European Economic and Social Committee
Step 2: That you complete the on-line application form correctly.
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